Did you know a potter’s wheel was invented before any other kind of wheel? And that in the 17^th century, people believed eating clay was good for you? And that Royal Doulton started off as a sewage company?

All this and much more about the history of ceramics is contained in Firing Earth, the latest book by Keith Brymer Jones, potter, ceramics designer, and lead judge on Channel 4’s “The Great Pottery Throwdown”.

In association with our friends at First Thursday Painswick, we’re delighted to welcome Keith to discuss this very personal account of potters and pots, and how his own life has been inextricably linked with ceramics too.

You will never look at a mug in the same way again!

Chaired by Sandie Randle

Venue: The Painswick Centre

Tickets: £14, available from 11 Sept from www.firstthursdaypainswick.co.uk